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Who to pick for the Sorare Global Cup next stage?
Updated: Dec 3, 2022
What an exciting World Cup it has been so far. A typical World Cup can feel like a marathon, but this one feels like a sprint. Great football by the underdogs and favorites underperforming. A political drama about nothing and everything. Heartbreaking injuries and mesmerizing goals. With the group stages (almost) over, it's time to have a look at your Sorare roster for the Global Cup and pick a few new players for the team.
The rules are simple. You have the opportunity to add four new players with a budget of 50 points, and you can do this on three different occasions:
Before the Round of 16: Nov 29 - Dec 3
Before the Quarterfinals: Dec 3 - Dec 9
Before the Semifinals: Dec 9 - Dec 13
And you get to keep every player as a common card to play in the common league after the World Cup is done, something to keep in mind.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the 'left' bracket of the tournament 'feels' easier to get farther in the competition.

The Netherlands - USA (Saturday 3/12)
Without convincing the nation, the Dutch team qualified for the eighth-finals of the World Cup and criticisms of the Dutch media ensued. We'll need to wait till The Netherlands meet a strong team to get a real feel of their worth in this tournament and the USA might be the challenge. The ambitious young team USA has been performing with enthusiasm and good football and is not done yet. This group is resilient and puts enormous energy into every match and in the process, they play pretty good football or 'soccer'.
Our picks and their score on average in the last three games:
GK | Andries Noppert | 66 points |
GK | Matt Turner | 65 points |
MID | Frenkie De Jong | 78 points |
MID | Davy Klaassen | 67 points |
FW | Cody Gakpo | 73 points |
FW | Christian Pulisic | 66 points |
England - Senegal (Sunday 4/12)
Even without their most important player, Sadio Mané, the Champion of Africa has advanced to the knock-out stage in the tournament. They'll have a hard time competing with England. England has been a team with two faces in this World Cup so far. Which team will face Senegal? The outstanding 'bulldozer' we saw against Wales and Iran or the mediocre team we saw against the USA? Needless to say, they have a World class team and a World class bench, and a high probability to advance to the quarterfinal.
Our picks and their score on average in the last three games:
DEF | Kalidou Koulibaly | 61 points |
DEF | Harry Maguire | 68 points |
MID | Jude Bellingham | 66 points |
FW | Harry Kane | 63 points |
Argentina - Australia (Saturday 3/12)
Surprise motherfucker! The Socceroos reached the last 16 of the World Cup for only the second time in their history. No one would have given a cent for Australia's chances to get out of the group stage. And even less after the masterclass France gave them in the first game. Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!
Rest easy, football fans. Messi will grace the World Cup stage at least one more time and if we look already a bit further in the tournament, we see a possible 1/2 final position appearing. Still on course for the cup.
GK | Matthew Ryan | 55 points |
GK | Emiliano Martinez | 51 points |
DEF | Harry Souttar | 62 points |
DEF | Nicolas Otamendi | 67 points |
MID | Enzo Fernandez | 64 points |
MID | Alexis Mac Allister | 74 points in two games |
FW | Lionel Messi | 76 points |
France - Poland (Sunday 4/12)
The defending World Champion France had been impressive in the first two games in the group stage. So impressive that they could field a reserve team in their last match and still win the group. The scores are a bit polluted by the rotation.
Poland barely made it to the next stage over Mexico. We can overanalyze why Poland qualified, but the stats don't lie. Szczesny outdid himself in the first games scoring a whopping 76 points on average.
GK | Wojciech Szczęsny | 76 points |
DEF | Theo Hernandez | 100 in two games |
DEF | Dayot Upalecano | 82 in two games |
MID | Aurélien Tchouaméni | 62 points |
MID | Adrien Rabiot | 76 in two games |
FW | Antoine Griezman | 87 in two games |
FW | Kylian Mbappé | 81 in two games |
Japan - Croatia (Monday 5/12)
The runner-up from last year has made it out of the group phase. Croatia already has a lot of World Cup experience. Despite its short existence (since 1992), the team managed to qualify for (almost) all World Cups. Impressive. After a real remontada against Spain, Japan won the so-called group of death. Advancing to the 1/8th finals of two World Cups in a row, Japan had never managed that before. For those who did not pay attention. Japan won against Germany and Spain.
GK | Dominik Livaković | 62 points |
DEF | Joško Gvardiol | 65 points |
MID | Luka Modric | 60 points |
MID | Mateo Kovačić | 74 in two games |
Morocco - Spain (Tuesday 6/12)
Spain crawls through the eye of a needle being virtually eliminated for a while but still qualifies for the eighth finals. Together with Croatia, Spain's midfield has been impressive and loads of years younger, although sometimes a bit nonchalant. Marocco seems to have their shit in order with the new coach. They have the home advantage as Marocco has a lot of natives living in the region. A good mix between old and young, experience and enthusiasm, and that enthusiasm spans to major cities in Europe.
DEF | Hakimi | 83 points |
DEF | Rodri | 64 points |
DEF | Aymeric Laporte | 62 in two games |
DEF | Jordi Alba | 75 points |
MID | Hakim Ziyech | 61 points |
FW | Álvaro Morata | 69 points |
Portugal - Swiss (Tuesday 6/12)
For Portugal whose World Cup narrative has so far been crafted by the controversy and brilliance of Cristiano Ronaldo, they were thru the first phase with two quick wins and the possibility to rotate in their last game. After a game with a lot of tension and emotions running high. Switzerland has qualified for the next round and draw the strong team Portugal but manageable.
DEF | Raphaël Guerreiro | 61 in two games |
FOR | Bruno Fernandes | 71 in two games |
Brasil - South-Korea Emotions all over the place. It's the World Cup that just keeps on giving. South Korea managed to get thru the group phase with a late goal against Portugal. This has suddenly turned into a brilliant World Cup for the Asian representatives. Japan, South Korea, and Australia all through.
With the political animosities that Brasil faces the last few months, a World Cup might be the only thing that can bring the country together. Brazil’s fast start, with two straight victories in the group stage, has been a promising sign.
DEF | Kim Jin-Su | 61 points |